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Havana is urging Ottawa not to drop its public opposition to the decades-long U. S. embargo as Washington ramps up pressure on countries supporting Cuba. “We are confident that Canada will stay with us, as they have done in the past,” Cuban Ambassador to Canada Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz told The Canadian Press. “The blockade and this intensification is, in practice, killing people.”The United Nations is set to vote next week on a motion Cuba has put forward nearly every year since 1992. It calls for the termination of “the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”Canada has voted in favour of this motion multiple times. U. S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been trying to overthrow Cuba’s Communist government through a de facto oil blockade. Washington cut off Venezuelan shipments in January and has threatened to impose tariffs on countries that sell oil to the island nation. Story continues below advertisement

A lawsuit by a former Cornell University student who says she was gang raped at a fraternity house has cast a harsh glare on the school’s handling of Title IX.

Vivek Ramaswamy is ending his run for Ohio governor the same way he launched himself onto the political scene four years ago — with a bet that voters will reward him for a never-back-down bombast that mirrors President Donald Trump’s instincts.

Paris, France – Thousands of people are marching peacefully in Paris as demonstrations kick off across France as part of a second wave of mass protests against deteriorating school conditions and the rising cost-of-living. A cheerful demonstration started on Saturday in Porte d’Italie and is due to end at Porte de Vincennes, along the Boulevards des Marechaux. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Macron to meet student groups: Where are France’s protests heading?list 2 of 4France to deploy 70,000 police as country braces for weekend protestslist 3 of 4Are parents in France and Italy liable for damage caused by student protesters?list 4 of 4One person killed in suspected ‘Islamophobic’ shooting near Parisend of listLocal authorities had indicated that this route on the edge of the city, on the southeastern rim, was the only one allowed after the originally negotiated central road between Place de la Bastille and Place de la Nation was banned. Other protests organised by groups other than unions have been prohibited. The ban – and the push of the march to the city’s edge – triggered an uproar.